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Manchester United kept their top-four hopes alive as they strolled to a comfortable 3-0 victory at Sunderland, who had Seb Larsson controversially sent off. Zlatan Ibrahimovic put United 1-0 up on 30 minutes with a fine turn and low shot on the edge of the box, before Larsson was harshly sent off by Craig Pawson for a high tackle on Ander Herrera. Just 45 seconds after the restart, United were 2-0 up through Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who found the bottom left corner from 15 yards with his left foot as Sunderland stood off. Substitute Marcus Rashford added a third with a…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Saturday announced the extension of registration for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). It earlier postponed the mock examination it scheduled for Saturday, blaming the failure of its technical partners . The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-Haq Oloyede, told newsmen in Abuja that sale of forms and registration would now close on May 5 instead of April 19. Oloyede said that consequently, the 2017 UTME had also been postponed to start on Saturday May 13, and end on May 20 as against May 6 to May 20. He added that the mock…

Antoine Griezmann scored an 85th minute equaliser as Atletico Madrid came from behind to draw 1-1 and deny Real Madrid the chance to move five points clear of Barcelona. Pepe had given the hosts the lead shortly after the break, when he rose highest to meet Toni Kroos’ pin-point delivery and head beyond Jan Oblak. Real still have a game in hand and will hope that Malaga can deny Barcelona later on this evening, while Diego Simeone’s side stay third, 10 points behind Real. Atletico began brightly and a dangerous free-kick from out wide, narrowly missed the head of Fernando…

Barcelona failed to return to the top of La Liga after they were beaten 2-0 by Malaga on Saturday evening at the La Rosaleda. Sandro broke the offside trap to score against his former side and Jony grabbed a second with just minutes of the match remaining to deal a huge blow to the Catalan club’s title hopes. Neymar compounded the misery for the visitors when he was sent off for a high challenge midway through the second half. Barcelona are now three points behind leaders Real Madrid having played a game more than their rivals. Back in November, the…

Goals from substitutes Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino helped Liverpool fight back to win 2-1 at Stoke in the Premier League on Saturday. Everton fan Jon Walters gave Stoke the lead on 44 minutes with an unmarked close-range header, before substitute Coutinho drove home from just inside the area with 20 minutes remaining. And two minutes later Liverpool were ahead as Firmino’s superb half-volley flew into the roof of the net from the edge of the box as the visitors broke. The result means Liverpool stay third, nine points ahead of fifth-place Arsenal, who have three games in hand. Stoke…

Fabian Delph scored his first Premier League goal of the season as Manchester City maintained their top-four push with a 3-1 win over Hull on Saturday. The midfielder, making his second league start of the campaign, fired an unstoppable shot past Eldin Jakupovic to seal victory for City in the second half at the Etihad. They had earlier taken the lead through Ahmed Elmohamady’s own goal, the Hull defender turning into his own net after 31 minutes. Sergio Aguero doubled their advantage shortly after half-time and Delph blasted home their third on 64 minutes before a mistake by Claudio Bravo…

Chelsea reinstated their seven-point cushion at the top of the Premier League table with a 3-1 victory over Bournemouth on Saturday evening. Tottenham had seen off Watford 4-0 earlier in the day to cut the gap to four, but Antonio Conte’s men sealed three points at the Vitality Stadium to maintain their push for a fifth league title. Adam Smith gave Chelsea the advantage in the 17th minute as he turned the ball into his own net from a Diego Costa shot, before Eden Hazard superbly slotted home the second not long after. Josh King netted his tenth goal in…

Germany has deported to Nigeria, an alleged Islamic extremist, an ISIS suspect, deemed dangerous by authorities. He is a German citizen, not Nigerian. The German news agency, dpa reports that the 22-year-old man, who was born in Germany and who hadn’t committed a crime, arrived in Lagos Thursday. The unidentified man was one of two detained in February in Goettingen during an investigation of suspected attack plans. His partner is a 27 year-old Algerian. Both of them lived with their parents in Göttingen. When the two men were picked up, investigators found two weapons, at least one of them a…

Tottenham kept up the pressure on leaders Chelsea with an impressive home victory over Watford, their sixth consecutive Premier League win. Watford had started brightly, but Dele Alli’s sumptuous strike – curled into the top corner after Son Heung-min’s pass – signalled their quick decline. Within just 11 more minutes they were three behind as Eric Dier smashed in from Son’s deflected cross, before the South Korea forward added a third just before the break, firing in a rasping drive following Christian Eriksen’s pass. After half-time it was much the same story, with Watford only threatening in isolated moments, and…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched a manhunt for the owner of N448.85 million discovered in a shopping plaza in Lagos State, spokesman of the commission in Lagos, Mr. Sam Amadin said. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday, Amadin said the agency was making efforts to reach the owner of the complex, with a view to knowing who rented the said shop 64. “The shopping plaza, from preliminary investigation, was built by estate developers. From the developers, we will get the owner of the money. ”The people around the complex know…